Three specific things I learned in Unit 6 is that the Sun is expected to exist for 10 billion years. I also learned about the Sun's layers and their roles. In addition, I learned how to apply Einstein's famous equation E = mc^2 when finding out the amount of energy that is exerted from lost mass.

2/20/15

The video presented below depicts a real life situation that is applicable to the basic laws of reflection.

To the left, the incident ray is the ray that first hits the mirror, and the reflected ray is the ray that's reflected off the mirror. The dashed line that is perpendicular to the mirror/object is called the normal line. Both angles formed by the normal line must be congruent, if not, the angle formation isn't possible.

5.22.15 Stars

To the left, the life cycle of a star is depicted.


On the top, a planetary nebula is presented. This stage of a star comes after a Red Giant, and the various colors are representative of different elements withing the nebula.